Preserving Pears

[Bristolbelle]

Hello everyone Can I pick your brains? I would like to preserve some pears that I came across whilst on a wander. can I make a sugar syrup and bottle them in a kilner like jar from that sweedish shop starting with "I" What prep do I need to do? The Pears are quite hard.
Many thanks
Louise x

[indy]

I have done this before and it works out beautifully, you just need to be sure that you have a fairly light syrup, 6oz suger to a pint of water is what I used, I still have some that are perfectly fine that I did 2 years ago

[Bristolbelle]

I have done this before and it works out beautifully, you just need to be sure that you have a fairly light syrup, 6oz suger to a pint of water is what I used, I still have some that are perfectly fine that I did 2 years ago

AW Brill thankyou very much

[Milims]

Here you go: http://www.cookitsimply.com/recipe-0010-0w6098.html. Yummy with ice cream

[Bristolbelle]

Thankyou Milims

[Durgan]

Hello everyone Can I pick your brains? I would like to preserve some pears that I came across whilst on a wander. can I make a sugar syrup and bottle them in a kilner like jar from that sweedish shop starting with "I" What prep do I need to do? The Pears are quite hard.
Many thanks
Louise x

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?XLGIU 12 September 2011 Pear Juice

Pears from my one tree have been left to ripen on the counter in a covered basket with one banana enclosed to produce ethylene gas which aids ripening. Amazing, they ripened almost to rotting from day five to day six, so have to be checked daily.

The pears were cut into quarters and the discolored portions removed. Water was added to make drinkable about one liter total. The pears were brought to a boil and beat into as mash, then stained and put into liter jars. There was very little material, fiber to discard. The liter jars of pears were placed in a pressure canner and brought to 12 PSI for about 15 minutes for long term storage at room temperature.

[JeremyinCzechRep]

You could try making pear jam with cinnamon. It is delicious!